page_title: Vessel element
hierarchical_section_title: Vessel element
caption_attribution_description: Alliaria petiolata
context_page_description: A vessel element is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants.
  Vessel elements are found in flowering plants but not in most gymnosperms such as conifers. Vessel elements are the main feature distinguishing the "hardwood" of angiosperms from the "softwood" of conifers.
context_section_description: A vessel element (trachea) is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants.
  Vessel elements are found in flowering plants (angiosperms) but not in most gymnosperms such as conifers. Vessel elements are the main feature distinguishing the "hardwood" of angiosperms from the "softwood" of conifers.
caption: A cross-section of a stem. The holes with dark red outlines are xylem vessels
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